Of course, you can only give your résumé a CEO-esque makeover if you actually have management experience or earned a degree from a top college. Still, it's good to know what kinds of items you might want to emphasize on your résumé if you're ever in the running for a more senior-level role.

Earn some sort of degree

Almost a third of CEOs have bachelor's degrees — a total of 30.13%. CEOs with master's degrees came in a close second (28.94%). Then, 16.91% of CEOs selected "other" when it came to their degree, while only 5.98% and 3.56% of chief executive officers reported they had doctorates or associate's degrees, respectively.

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Attend a top school — but don't worry about whether it's private or public

In terms of schooling, CEOs were pretty evenly distributed across the board. The takeaway? There's no one definitive college that will necessarily boost your chances of becoming a CEO.

Harvard came out on top, with 0.88% of CEOs saying they graduated from the Ivy League school. New York University took the second spot (0.64%), followed closely by the University of Southern California (0.59%).

Two schools tied for fourth, with 0.57% of CEOs hailing from Michigan State University and George Washington University.